Meat-broiler.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

P. J. MOLL. .MEAT BROILER.

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flmqv PHEBE JOANNA MOLL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MEAT-BROILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed July 27, 1907. Serial No. 385,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHEBE JOANNA MoLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful MeatBroiler, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking utensils.

The objects of the invention are in a ready, inexpensive and practicalmanner and without interfering with the proper operation of cooking, orin any way detracting from the effective application of heat to thearticle being dressed, either by being roasted, fried or baked, toprevent contact of meats with the bottom of a skillet, frying orroasting pan, and with the grease or fat to obviate uneven cooking ofmeats by preventing bulging of the same in spots and to insure the evenapplication of heat to all parts; to secure even broiling of thin meats,such as sliced ham, breakfast bacon and the like, and generally tosimplify and improve existing methods of cooking meats of differentkinds. 1

With the above and other objects in view as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a cooking utensil as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1is a view in plan of a cooking utensil constructed in accordance withthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewof the same.

The utensil is composed of a body, a frame and a handle, the two latterparts being preferably integral.

The body is constructed of loosely interlocked rings 1 of any size andof any preferred metal, and which are assembled in over and under order,thus to cause rows of ribs 2 to be formed on each side of the body thatwill operate to support the article being cooked above and out ofcontact with the bottom of the pan or skillet containing the utensil,and also keep it practically free from immersion in melted grease. Therings 1 may all be of the same size or of two sizes, as shown.

The frame 3 and handle 4 are, as stated, integral, although this is notabsolutely essential, and are constructed from a single piece of wire ofany suitable gage that is threaded through the marginal or outer seriesof rings, and twisted together to form a reinforced neck 5 and thenformed into the handle 4 of the design shown, or otherwise. Tofacilitate the use of the utensil, the handle 4 is disposed at an angleto the frame.

It will be observed, by reference to F i 2, that the frame exerts atension on the body to cause the same to be fiat, and thus pre sent amore even surface to the article being cooked than if the body werepermitted to sag.

In the use of the device it is simply placed upon the bottom of theskillet or other utensil and the article to be cooked is placed on topof it. Owing to the fact that the meat will be kept out of contact withthe bottom of the utensil all danger of bulging or warping will beprevented so that even cooking of the entire surface of the meat will besecured, and that without danger of burning.

WVhen used as a broiler for thin meats the utensil is simply placed overthe stove hole in the manner of an ordinary broiler.

WVhile the implement is herein shown as circular in shape, it is to beunderstood that it may be of any other desired contour and made in sizesto fit roasting pans and skillets. Further, in some instances the handlemay be omitted, or both the handle and the frame.

What is claimed is The combination with a skillet, of a utensilcomprising abody constructed of loosely interlocked rings assembled inover and under order to cause rows of ribs to be formed on each side ofthe body that will operate to support the article being cooked above andout of contact with the bottom of the skillet, and also to keep sucharticle practically free from immersion in melted grease, a framethreaded through the marginal rings and operating to retain the bodyunder tension, and a handle projecting from the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoa'lIixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PHEBE JOANNA MOLL.

Witnesses E. J. QUALLE, Jr., ZENA B. WALES.

